Pacific Union voted a Statement on Unity Through Diversity last Thursday, to support the actions voted at this year's GC Annual Council and the NAD Year-end Meeting and to affirm the reports of the NAD Theology of Ordination Study Committee and the GC TOSC. MORE

Alex Bryant preached at the Beijing, China Seventh-day Adventist Church on Sabbath, November 15. His sermon title was "Facing Life Challenging Situations” as demonstrated in 2 Kings 6:8-21 through the life of Elisha and his servant. Watch a video about this church and others in China.

Part of the girl's dorm at Pine Forge Academy was burned yesterday affecting the displacement of 69 students. No one was injured. Students are being sent home today for an early Thanksgiving home leave and will return only after the dorm has been repaired.MORESpecial Alert

The NAD Church Study website has been launched in an effort to receive feedback on the restructuring study of our church. Three areas are being highlighted for an in-depth study: Mission, Education, and Church Governance. We welcome members of the NAD to visit the website, read what others have posted, contribute their opinions and download resources.

Vets who are now blind or visually impaired may receive a gift of a solar-powered audiobook player, "inSight 4Vets," as provided by Christian Record Services. inSight contains stories and portions of the Bible, selected to comfort and inspire.
You can sponsor an inSight4Vets player and also help identify blinded veterans so more players can be gifted. MORE

Why I’m STILL an Adventist
by G. Russell Seay, Jr., Ph.D.

"The Seventh-day Adventist Church has issues. They are too numerous to list in a short blog. The question is, why am I still a Seventh-day Adventist (SDA)? It is not because I believe that my salvation is intrinsically tied to being SDA. It is not.
"I am SDA primarily because I am convinced that the ideal that is represented in Seventh-day Adventism, and certain practices of Seventh-day Adventists, are the best thing on the planet...." MORE

When MaeLi and Shouling started their missionary work in their assigned unreached area, they first went door to door and visited every family. In the process, they found that many young girls, age 13–14, had been left alone at home as parents went to work in a larger city.
MaeLi and Shouling began going to the homes of these girls and visiting with them. They helped them wash their clothes and cooked dinner for them...
As a result, there have been 10 baptisms, an average of 15 weekly Bible studies, and a church membership of 36. MORE